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Workshop

Living with Small Cell Lung Cancer

Topics Covered

  • Overview of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
  • The Role of Chemotherapy & Radiation Treatments
  • Diagnostic Technologies, Targeted Therapies & Precision Medicine
  • Clinical Trials: How They Contribute to Treatment Options
  • Combination Systemic Treatment for Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Preventing & Managing Treatment Side Effects
  • When to Call Your Health Care Team About Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
  • Nutrition & Hydration Concerns & Recommendations
  • The Role of Activity & Movement
  • Communicating with Your Health Care Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns
  • Roadmap to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
  • Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About the Most Current Treatment Choices for Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) & Quality-of-Life Issues
  • Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Speakers

Facilitator
Misty Shields, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, IUSOM, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Associate Member, Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Facilitator
Percy Lee, MD, MBA, FASTRO
Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Director of Orange County & Coastal Region, Radiation Oncology Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center
Facilitator
Ann Fish-Steagall, RN, BSN
Senior Vice President, Patient Services and Health Care Delivery, LUNGevity Foundation®

Continuing Education Credits

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®): This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Cancer Care, Inc is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.